Episode 52 Area outside the border (1)
As soon as the day dawned, they finished preparing to go to the Holy Land.
Before leaving, he greeted the king and his family members as a courtesy and left the Duchy of Silos.
As if he had told his father about yesterday’s splendid ‘fireworks’, the King’s gaze toward Ray was unusual.
He even shed burdensome eyes that could be said to be insidious if he was insidious, so he couldn’t help the cold sweat flowing from his body.
‘I can’t believe the king has a sodomy hobby…’
I shuddered at the thought of it, shaking my head at the thought.
In any case, he had healed the princess and even received an expensive bribe (?) ring for it.
There was no hesitation in their movement, which was supported by the many items and funds that the king had provided.
Items that are strong enough that you don’t have to stop by the village give you a completely different feeling even when you are homeless.
Sleeping in a proper sleeping bag, not just sleeping in a tent, was truly a pleasure for them.
Not a single member of the contingent fell asleep at the hour, but most of them could not sleep. No, it would be correct to say that I do not sleep.
They were playing chess in pairs of twos and threes.
The great power that was left without distinguishing between women and men was reminiscent of a war.
It was strange to see a game from modern times becoming more and more famous in another world.
As usual, female priests flocked to him as if they had been waiting for him as he threw firewood and started a bonfire.
“If it’s okay, Holy Son, would you like to play with us?”
The purpose was a game. Rumors that the saint made chess spread throughout the principality.
That’s why the contingent members were always curious about his skills. However, I couldn’t dare ask the saint to compete, so I just watched.
But for now, the priestesses are talking to the saint. There was no way I would miss this fun sight.
One by one, the number of paladins and priests who stopped playing the game and came to see him increased.
Even Iriel had never seen his skill properly. She was also curious, so I watched it with interest.
At that, Ray laughed.
“Maybe?”
“Ohhhh.”
Gulp –
saliva swallowed. It was the moment when I could see the expected skill of the saint.
No one told me to, but there were chessboards and pieces that looked like they were carved out of wood.
said Ray, pointing at the chessboard.
“Did you make this yourself?”
“That’s right.”
A reliable-looking paladin proudly replied.
“Well done. The shape is roughly the same.”
It’s pretty good for a first-timer. Of course, it was the first time he made it, but the result was better because he clearly knew the look of chess.
While admiring the chess pieces, the board was packed.
“Seeley! Good luck!”
“If you have normal skills, you can do it!”
Several cheering voices rang out, and a female priest called Shili spoke nervously.
“Holy Son, can I take the good?”
It’s a huge fight. Her heat seemed to be transmitted to this point. Ray nodded.
“Please.”
“thank you.”
After saying hello, she moved.
Ray also moved with his phone in front.
Everyone watched it nervously.
However, when the game just started, I lost it before I even felt something strange.
Those who watched them were shocked.
“Is Silly lost?”
“On your turn…?”
Everyone had no choice but to open their eyes wide at a game they had never seen before.
Seeley’s King had no choice but to give his head as it was to the cooperation of the bishop and the queen.
“The realm of Silly has fallen…”
What Ray wrote is a good move for beginners. Depending on the opponent, it is a universal number to the extent that there are people who get hit two or three more times.
Silly sighed and shook her head.
“It was a good… fight…”
“It was a good match.”
Ray also lowered his head once and sat casually around the campfire like the first time.
There was a lot of respect in their eyes as they watched.
It was similar to Hopel’s eyes last night.
“It’s amazing…”
“As expected, you’re the founder…”
“There’s such a tactic… I didn’t even think of it.”
However, they didn’t stop there.
Challengers continued to appear one after another.
“Saint! Please join me this time!”
It’s not difficult. Besides, playing games with them wasn’t bad either.
Ray nodded happily.
“great.”
From then on, priests and paladins who played chess among the contingent members were smashed by him.
It was a game he had been playing since he was a kid.
When I was in my prime, I enjoyed chess enough to win awards in competitions.
I didn’t do it when I decided to go to medical school and started studying, but even so, there was no decrease in my skills.
The tactics of those who had just started playing chess against such skilled players were subject to collapse.
Their army, which fell out without feeling resentment, increased one by one, and soon there was no challenger to challenge Ray.
He felt nostalgic about playing chess for the first time in a while.
‘Come to think of it, this was also fun at one time.’
I think and push the firewood into the campfire.
Whether or not he was drenched in nostalgia with his sad eyes, the proud dispatched battalion of the Holy Kingdom was clutching their heads.
“A few people attacked…”
“Undefeated in all matches… that’s a title befitting a saint…”
Twenty people competed against the saint. None of them, let alone win, endured.
Every time the saint’s army advances, it is pushed helplessly away.
It was the appearance of a war god born for war.
The priestesses were also upset.
“Silli lost….”
“You did the best among us.”
“And losing in four turns… I can’t believe it…”
She, who was defeated in the shortest time, flinched whenever she heard those words.
Iriel, who continued to watch the match, smiled.
For some reason, she didn’t take on the challenge because she thought it would be like this. What would happen if the face of the saintess was destroyed?
It really couldn’t have been a bitch.
* * *
Three days have passed since I sent another letter to Seongguk and departed.
It took time to move because the roads that crossed the borders of the Kingdom of Sillia were not well-made.
In addition, monsters began to appear.
There weren’t many monsters that could touch such a large army, but the story was different for hungry monsters.
It looked like it would die of hunger right away, but there was no monster in this world that could suppress its appetite even after seeing the humans who appeared in front of it.
Three gigantic ogres, over five meters in size, blocked their way.
The leading Paladins were very nervous about it.
“Everyone tidy up the display! It’s a monster!”
“yes!”
“yes!”
The Paladins pulled out their swords with an answer mixed with great elation.
Sharp swords pulled out in an instant could be said to be a spectacle.
Ray said while looking at Iriel, who was sitting leisurely in the carriage.
“Can we not go out?”
At this, Iriel tilted her head as if wondering.
“It’s the military’s job to kill monsters…?”
“If you kill it quickly, it won’t start faster.”
“If the chain of command moves just because you can kill it quickly, that can slow the start.”
At Iriel’s words, Ray also nodded in agreement.
Even if the commander could kill more enemies in a wartime situation, why not step up? That’s what military command is all about.
There was bound to be a big difference between conducting from one side and conducting while looking at the overall situation.
Moreover, Iriel must have been sitting still because she could only think of three ogres as monsters jumping to commit suicide against such a large army.
There were clear thoughts and judgments in the actions of Iriel, who acted as if it were natural.
Ray looked at the paladins outside the window.
‘I heard that one ogre equals one sword user… Shall we go and have a look?’
In any case, Iriel would be in charge of all the command. It didn’t matter if he wasn’t by her side.
Besides, while passing through the forest of elves, there were some monsters that passed by, but I hadn’t encountered them head-on, so I wanted to see them properly at least once.
As I left the carriage, Iriel asked from inside.
“Where are you going?”
“To see what the monster looks like.”
“Can you see it from inside the carriage?”
“You have to see it up close to see it.”
At his words, Iriel nodded.
Iriel’s expression as he looked at him did not contain the slightest hint of worry.
He is a person who might be at the forefront of the science of magic at his age. It’s not something to worry about.
She greeted politely.
“Have a safe trip.”
“huh.”
As he spoke, he looked around and the priests and priests were giving blessings to the leading paladins.
“May your strength be at its peak under the grace of God… Bless!”
The power of the Paladins became superior to their blessings.
“Protect the priests and priests of the middle ranks!”
“All right!”
Three ogres. They are obviously not weak monsters, but compared to their current forces, they are nothing more than moths jumping into the fire.
However, they fought seriously despite the overwhelming difference in strength.
“Quaaaaagh!”
“Oooh!”
The ogres made a loud noise and threw whatever they could get their hands on at them.
As they were thrown by people the size of a house, their power could not be ignored.
As trees and rocks flew by, the midshipmen slashed everything flying with their swords.
The middle squad carefully received the cut with the sword and made sure that there was no damage.
The series of processes was truly elite.
But it was strange.
There are only three ogres, but the senior team dealing with him is having a hard time.
Ray looked at him and shook his head.
‘Did the ogre be that strong?’
No matter how strong an ogre is among monsters, the current level of power makes no sense.
He received a blessing from the aura emitted by the paladin, but he was only blocking it with his hand.
It is an aura that can easily cut down even a rock. to throw it away with your hand I had no idea how durable the leather was.
With one ogre’s gesture, the formation of the paladins was quite disturbed.
Herio, who was in command of the Holy Knights, said to him.
“Do not scatter! Never let your back go through! Two adults behind me… Keugh!”
He couldn’t speak at all. An ogre immediately charged at him.
“Kuaaa!”
Seeing the ogre wielding its huge arms with a scream, he dared not dare to stop it.
However, if he avoids it, he threatens the priests and priests behind him, and the saints and saints beyond.
As a proud Holy Knight of the Holy Kingdom, he could not dare to see something that would threaten the representative of God.
he didn’t back down Rather, he put his sword in front and pushed his body forward.
The ogre’s arm, along with Herio’s sword, rushed at him as if to blow him away.
‘Dangerous.’
His intuition, which he had fought against numerous monsters as well as on the battlefield, was warning him.
The current attack is quite dangerous. If they were to block it prematurely, the shock would be great, even if it was a sword wrapped in an aura.
However, the person he was trying to protect appeared from behind.
“Are you a pretty strong ogre?”
Ray looked curiously at the ogre’s hand.
Does your dog bark very well? It’s a calm accent that seems to be saying.
He stood in line with the ogre’s attack with his horse.
At that, Herio’s hair stood on end.
‘Seongseong-nim! Why are you here!’
The saint must have been in the carriage with the saintess. But why did you come out!
Could it be that they came to help? It is not an easy opponent to even survive, let alone help with bonfire fire or paper-and-pencil level magic.
Herio gritted his teeth and gave up his defense. His sword only took care of the comfort of the saint.
The ogre’s hand, which shoots forward with tremendous force, will turn him into a pitiful porridge.
But I couldn’t help it. It was far better than having him, God’s representative, become minced meat.
Besides, above all, he had surrendered to the saint with his heart. He wanted to believe what he said.
The attack he thought he would never be able to block was stopped by a word from the person he was trying to protect.
“Shield.”
Kwaaang-
A sound resounded like an explosion, and the ogre’s arm, which had thought it would blow everything up, bounced unsightly.
The strength itself was not weak, so the ogre’s shoulder was broken by the counter-elastic force.
“Quaaaaagh!”
All the eyes of the ogres who were trying to put pressure on the midships were focused on Ray at the ogre’s painful scream.
“Koooooo!”
“Kurrurureu…”
I don’t know what they’re talking about, but after talking about something, I rushed towards Ray.
“Keuaaa!”
Kung-kung-
The ground shook together with the enormous body that exceeded 5 meters.
The complexion of the sang-Gyeon-Dae was tired of the terrifying rush.
Two ogres, ignoring even the sword aura, charged at the saint.
The moment the Paladins of the Sanggyeondae tried to block the saint’s way by holding their swords firmly.
“Entangle.”
When the ogres were bound by magic, the ogres, unable to control themselves at the approaching speed, fell down.
Unleash the magic at that time.
“EarthSpear.”
Pointed spears protruding from the ground pierced their faces as they fell and where vital blood vessels were located.
The ogre, whose shoulders were bent, was pierced from the soles of his feet to his thighs while still standing.
“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Koooooo!”
A truly brutal scene was staged.
Ray cast his magic once again toward those who struggled while being pierced by the spear.
“Fire.”
The skin began to burn as a fire caught between the bleeding wounds. They cried out in pain, but soon fell silent.
This entire process proceeded naturally as if it were a single movement.
It’s like thinking in advance what to do.
Seeing that, the Sanggyeondae, who were directly confronting the ogres, were speechless.
It would have to be caught because the troops were different, but they were strong enough ogres to be prepared for some damage.
There was not one such ogre, but three. Even so, the saint killed all the ogres without even lifting a hand.
That was in less than a minute.
“….”
“..”
They became mute after eating honey and stared blankly at the object they were supposed to protect.
protected? give me a dog
Perhaps that one person is stronger than all the Paladins of the Sanggyeondae combined.
Who the hell were they trying to protect? As if he knew what they were thinking, Ray approached the ogre he had killed and poked at its hide.
“This is very solid.”
‘Do you think it would be better than body armor if made into clothes?’
While he was thinking about that and how the monster meat would taste, Herio came over and greeted him.
“I received grace from Saint Seo. thank you.”
“What is grace? I live by helping everyone.”
Seeing the sheep shaking hands and talking after turning an ogre into blood, he didn’t look like a saint.
Most of the contingent was seen.
The fact that he manifested Earth Spear, the 4th circle magic, with only the starter word.
‘At least a 5th circle master?’
‘The saint’s age is only 15…’
Their eyes were similar to Hopel and Leila’s when they saw Ray unfolding the Explosion only with the starter word.
‘The saint does not need divine power. No, rather, the holy power would just get in the way.’
If someone had heard it, they would have raised their voice and told them not to talk nonsense.
Tremendous divine power given to adults. Who would dismiss it as a hindrance?
But most of them couldn’t stop those thoughts from coming up.
He would also be able to erase mana and give divine power to an unseen genius who achieved a 5th circle master at the age of 15. This is a historical loss.
If God is thinking, it shouldn’t have been like this.
Ray said without even realizing the blasphemous thoughts that came to them without their knowledge.
“If we don’t start quickly, other monsters will come.”
Only then did those who came to their senses hurriedly move.
“Everyone get on your horse! Let’s start right away!”
“yes!”
“yes!”
“Hey there! Move the wagon!”
Also, everyone moves in perfect order, as if they were in a hurry when they heard that the monster was coming.
Even so, the battle from just before kept popping up in my mind.
Since Ray had seen the ogre face to face, he went into the carriage without hesitation.
Iriel shook his head as he saw him climb into the carriage as if nothing had happened, like someone who had just been drinking.
It was because he now knew Ray’s magic skills on a very large scale.
Of course, there was no need to hide it, but there was nothing good about being known.
At that, Iriel sighed.
“Spread rumors in the neighborhood.”
* * *
That evening. The surroundings were full of stories about Ray.
Of course, they would have said it in a low voice to say it quietly, but since there were a lot of people talking, I could hear the afternoon’s events quite plainly.
“How big is the saint’s circle?”
“Anyway, isn’t he a 5th circle master?”
“That no one knows. do you know You must have escaped the 6th circle of human limitations…” ”
Well… You didn’t show a sign of difficulty even though you used the 4th circle magic…” ”
Then what would you do…Now that mana is gone and the divine It will fill you up.”
At the last word, a silence of regret erupted from the surroundings.
The Age of Magic, the era when the study of magic was most prosperous, could have been opened again.
The magic tower could have been revived and magic could have surpassed swordsmanship.
However, it was fate that he was selected as a saint.
Despite the tremendous name of God’s representative, their regret only grew.
